Necropaisajes del periodo Agricultura Temprana en el desierto sonorense

Abstract

The  necroscapes   reflect  the  space  agency   of  the  deceased   within   their community. The ancestral  dead  contribute  to the creation  of sacred  places across space and  time and by reinforcing  linear and ethnic connections.  The pre-colonial  necroscapes  of the  Sonaran  Desert  evolved  considerably over the  course  of the  Early  Agricultura!  period  (2100  bce-50 ce), concornitant with  increasing   community   sizes  and  more  complex  social  interactions. The ancestral  pattern  of dispersed individual burials  expanded   to include multiple   burials,   secondary    burials,   clustered   burials,   cremations,   and eventually formal cemeteries that form the basis of later Trench and Hohokam mortuary patterns. This article considers  the evolution  of necroscapes  during the Early Agriculture  period  and how they reflect increasingly  complex social interactions  during  this prolonged period  of adaptation to new technological approaches  to life in the Sonaran  Desert.